Team                Home   Road   GB   Rating   v.Top 5  v.6-10  v.11-16   notes
19. Toronto (16-20)     10-5   6-15    -   98.6      0-5      2-4     5-2      healthy
20. New Jersey (15-19)  11-10  4-9     -   98.2      1-4      3-5     3-0      no krstic
21. New York (16-21)    9-10   7-11   0.5  97.8      1-5      4-5     1-5      no francis
26. Boston (12-22)      4-12   8-10   3.0  96.0      0-2      0-5     2-7      no pierce
28. Philadelphia (9-26) 4-8    5-18   6.5  94.8      0-4      1-6     2-8      healthy

source: http://teamrankings.com/nba/

* home games remaining: philly 29, toronto 26, boston 25, knicks 22, nets 20.
* road games remaining: nets 28, knicks 23, boston 23, toronto 20, philly 18.
* 3+ game west coast trips remaining: knicks 1, boston 1, nj 1, toronto 0, philly 0.
* division games remaining: toronto 6, nets 6, knicks 6, boston 4, philly 6

You need to state who these teams are playing as well. I would say that Boston is out of it...Pierce out longer than expected, Tony Allen just tore up his knee and Wally will be out again for a week or so. Its a three-man race, the wild-card is if NJ/Thorn tears it down or goes in for the kill. Knicks, Raps and NJ.

Posted by Queeniepop:

You need to state who these teams are playing as well. I would say that Boston is out of it...Pierce out longer than expected, Tony Allen just tore up his knee and Wally will be out again for a week or so. Its a three-man race, the wild-card is if NJ/Thorn tears it down or goes in for the kill. Knicks, Raps and NJ.

it's a shame for boston. if pierce was healthy, they had a legit shot at winning the division. it's amazing they're only 3 games out with pierce out for a bunch of weeks already.

Well, say what you will about the Titantic Division, but it is somewhat kinda competitive.

Posted by bigbeast:

Rapts are gonna be right in the thick of things all the way through.

not just this year, but for a bunch of years. for some reason, anything colangelo touches, turns to f'n gold.

here's how the youth look in the craplantic:

toronto: tj ford, bosh, bargnani, calderon, parker, 2007 pick (lotto protected)
ny: jamal, q, nate, lee, frye, balkman, curry, mardy, 2007 pick
boston: west, telfair, rondo, green, allen, perkins, jefferson, 2007 pick
nj: marcus, boone, wright, krstic, 2007 pick
philly: ai2, carney, green, dalembert, louis williams, 3 #1's in 2007

Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by bigbeast:

Rapts are gonna be right in the thick of things all the way through.

not just this year, but for a bunch of years. for some reason, anything colangelo touches, turns to f'n gold.

here's how the youth look in the craplantic:

toronto: tj ford, bosh, bargnani, calderon, parker, 2007 pick (lotto protected)
ny: jamal, q, nate, lee, frye, balkman, curry, mardy, 2007 pick
boston: west, telfair, rondo, green, allen, perkins, jefferson, 2007 pick
nj: marcus, boone, wright, krstic, 2007 pick
philly: ai2, carney, green, dalembert, louis williams, 3 #1's in 2007

Would it be that much of a shock if the Atlantic a few years from now becomes what the Southwest Division is now?